Spring-rail frog



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Patented June 30, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

HENRY ELLIOT, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SPRING-RAIL FROG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 563,027, dated June 30,1896.

Application filed April 20, 1894.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY ELLIOT, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Spring-Rail Frogs, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification.

My present invention relates to certain improvements in the frog shownand described in my Patent No. 471,726, issued May 10, 1892; and mypresent invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claim.

Figure I is a top or plan View with the movable rail in normal position.Fig. II is a similar view with the movable rail in its open position.Fig. III is a side elevation. Figs. IV to IX, inclusive, are transversesections taken, respectively, on lines IV IV, V V, VI VI, VII VII, VIIIVIII, and IX IX, Fig. I.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a track-rail, and it may beconsidered as the main-track rail.

4 5 represent the two point-rails which form the frog-point. They arefirmly secured together, and between them is a distance-block (J, thetwo points and the block being secured together by bolts or rivets 7, asshown in Fig. VII.

8 is the side-track rail, which ends in a guard-rail 8.

9 is a movable rail, which, in its normal position, as seen in Fig. I,lies against the fro point, the base of the rail being cut awaysufficiently to allow the rail to take this position. The movable railends in a guardrail 9. It is capable of sufficient transverse move-1nent-say about two inches-to allow a wheelflange to pass between it andthe point-rail 4.

Its outward movement is limited by stop 10, that is adapted to bearagainst the web or base of the rail 11 as desired.

11 represents a reinforcing-rail, parallel, in a part of its length,with the rail 9, and firmly attached to it by bolts 12, running throughthe webs of the rails and through filling pieces or blocks 13, (see Fig.V,) extending from web to web of the rails.

16 is a bolt passing loosely through the Webs of the rails 8, 9, and 11,and through the filling- Serial No. 508,265. (No model.)

piece 13, (see Figs. I, II, and IV,) and carrying at the ends jam-nuts17, resting against springs 18, inserted in casings 18. The purpose ofthe spring-bolt 17 is to draw the movable rail to the frog-point, and toretain it in such position, except when forced outward by the flange ofthe Wheel passing between the rail and the point. The end 1 of themain-track rail and the end 9 of the movable rail are made of a likebevel, so as to fit accurately together and form, practically, acontinuous rail when the movable rail 9 is in the normal position seenin Fig. I, thus supplying a continuous bearing for the tread of thecar-wheel running on the main-track rail 1, between such rail and thefrog-point. The end 11 of the reinforcing-rail 11 is so connected to therail 1 as to allow the required movement of the rail 9 to and from thefrogpoint, and this end of the rail 11 is beveled down, as shown at 11to prevent danger of the tread of the wheel striking the end of therail, and, in like manner, the other end of the rail 11 is beveled down,as shown at 11, for the same purpose.

The parts thus far described are of the same construction and have thesame operation as the corresponding parts identified by the samenumerals in my patent referred to.

My present invention relates to a new means of guiding the rail 9 andkeeping it from tilting, and to a new means of connecting the rails 1and 8 together, which dispenses with the use of the plate 2 of mypatent, and which means prevents the creeping of the rails, as does theplate 2 of the patent. The means for guiding the rail 9 and for keepingit from tilting consists of a finger or projection 30, having a pendentlug 30 overhanging. a supporting-plate 33 and secured to the rail bymeans of a plate 30 and bolts 30. The finger or projection fits in akeeper or strap 31, secured to one of the supporting-plates 33. This iswell illustrated in Figs. 1, II, and VI.

As the rail is moved back and forth, the finger or arm 30 works in thekeeper 31, thus guiding the rail and keeping it from tilting, and, as anadditional means for keeping the rail from tilting, I secure on theinside thereof a bracket 34, which fits under a bracket 35, secured tothe rail 8, as shown in Figs. I, II, and V, the bracket 34 slidingbeneath the pieces 47, (see Figs. I, II, and IX,) which are bolted orriveted to the webs of the rails 8' and 1, by single fastenings 1 8 asclearly shown in Fig. IX, and which are so formed as to fit the web ofeach rail, as well as to fit under the head of each rail, and to seatbetween and flush with the rails and against the base of each rail.There are preferably a number of these brackets or angle-pieces, asshown in Figs. I and II, and when applied they effectually prevent thepossibility of the rail 1 creeping or moving endwise as a train passesover, and they dispense with the use of the plate 2 of the patentreferred to.

I claim as my invention- A spring-rail frog comprising the frogpoint,the track-rail 1, side-track rail 8, rigidly connected to thefrog-point, a bracket 47 having flanges and located between the webs ofsaid rails, and the independent bolts by which the flanges of thebrackets are secured to the webs of the respective rails so that therails are tied together and held from creeping or moving longitudinallyby the bracket; substantially as. described.

HENRY ELLIOT.

In presence of- A. M. EBERsoLE, E. S. KNIGHT.

